Two calls on technical support came in really handy this week. Thanks to Shorty and Rob respectively for the assistance below;

I went for the long overdue computer rebuild last weekend. In the end i did it with Shorty, who knows that stuff, so I was in safe hands. I was kinda looking forward to just wading in and seeing how it went - (thouroughly expecting to need shortys technical suport at some point) but it worked out well I think doing it with someone who knows their stuff. The hardware side seemed manageable, but i got pretty lost with the software stuff. The new machine is up and running and should now mean I can do video stuff for the site as well.

The jefe has also sprung a leak. having been reassured that LL plastic welds really well, I stripped the boat down ready for Rob to work his magic welding it together. He used the following method - clean the split - drill small holes at the end of the split - 'stitch weld' using a soldering iron - melt new  pastic into the split (from cockpit rim) +repeat for the other side. having watched him do it I can recommend his services at the very reasonble rate of a few pints per hour! I'd be pretty happy to use the same method myself, now  having watched someone who knows how to do it. The iron didnt look like it was in danger of going straight through the plastic and needed firm application to get the effect in the picture. Theoretically the weld should be as strong as the rest of the plastic now. There is only one way to find out...

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